Part of "Labor Discipline" is to defund the public realm (available even to the poor)

 Stephanie Kelton responds with this:

The Oldest Trick in the Book

Cut taxes. Cry Broke. Defund the public sector.

 

Meanwhile, to keep the peasants in line:

The Court of Mass Incarceration (PDF) Rachel E. Barkow, CATO Institute. 

“One out of every 52 people in the United States is under some form of criminal justice supervision (such as probation or parole). In some states and communities, the rates are even higher. In Georgia, for example, one out of every 18 people is on probation or parole. We are now living in a country where one out of every three adults in America has a criminal record.”